/tags/political-activism Political Activism en-US Copyright Wed, 29 May 2024 20:13:27 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-05-29/asian-americans-aapi-north-carolina-growing-political-power While Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise just 4% of North Carolina's population, their numbers and political power are growing rapidly. Across the state, AAPI advocates are empowering their communities to speak up and participate during this election year. Wed, 29 May 2024 20:13:27 GMT /race-class-communities/2024-05-29/asian-americans-aapi-north-carolina-growing-political-power Eli Chen /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-31/how-digital-activism-favors-conservatives Online movements accompanying major protests like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street made people optimistic that digital activism could level the… Fri, 31 May 2019 15:47:50 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-31/how-digital-activism-favors-conservatives Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /politics/2019-05-31/how-digital-activism-favors-conservatives Online movements accompanying major protests like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street made people optimistic that digital activism could level the… Fri, 31 May 2019 15:47:50 GMT /politics/2019-05-31/how-digital-activism-favors-conservatives Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-31/a-revolution-within-a-revolution Iris Morales was among the first women to join The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican nationalist group founded in the late 1960s that aimed to fight the… Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:17:59 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-31/a-revolution-within-a-revolution Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2017-01-31/a-revolution-within-a-revolution Iris Morales was among the first women to join The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican nationalist group founded in the late 1960s that aimed to fight the… Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:17:59 GMT /race-demographics/2017-01-31/a-revolution-within-a-revolution Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-09/meet-bree-newsome-the-woman-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Note: This program is a rebroadcast from January 9, 2017.Activist Bree Newsome gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for… Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:10:42 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-09/meet-bree-newsome-the-woman-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2017-01-09/meet-bree-newsome-the-woman-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Note: This program is a rebroadcast from January 9, 2017.Activist Bree Newsome gained national attention in the summer of 2015 when she was arrested for… Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:10:42 GMT /race-demographics/2017-01-09/meet-bree-newsome-the-woman-who-removed-south-carolinas-confederate-flag Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-22/letters-to-the-president-a-new-book-captures-citizens-political-pleas A woman dressed as a 1960s secretary sits in front of a rare vintage typewriter and asks people to engage in something even more rare – to share their… Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:01:08 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-22/letters-to-the-president-a-new-book-captures-citizens-political-pleas Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-11-22/letters-to-the-president-a-new-book-captures-citizens-political-pleas A woman dressed as a 1960s secretary sits in front of a rare vintage typewriter and asks people to engage in something even more rare – to share their… Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:01:08 GMT /arts-culture/2016-11-22/letters-to-the-president-a-new-book-captures-citizens-political-pleas Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-09-12/a-memoir-of-politics-sex-aids-and-survival Sean Strub is best known as the founder of POZ magazine and the first openly HIV-positive person to run for Congress. But his new memoir, Body Counts: A… Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:16:23 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-09-12/a-memoir-of-politics-sex-aids-and-survival Anita Rao, Frank Stasio